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Julian Edelman shares his thoughts on Tom Brady leaving the Patriots

New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman is without the player he has often called a big brother: Tom Brady.

Brady left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency this offseason. Tight end Rob Gronkowski elected to unretire and force a trade to Tampa. And perhaps that didn’t sit well with Edelman, who unfollowed Brady briefly on Instagram after the Gronk trade.

Whether there are hard feelings or not, Edelman will bring the Patriots into a new era of football in 2020 — without Brady or Gronk.

“Obviously, it was a little different scenario.